Friday, October 15, 2010

English: Today starts our new article series "The zimmer wheel of samsara", written by a friend who has to remain anonymous due to the content. His alter-ego for this series will be "Geoffrey Crueger".

Part 1

"The three modes of material nature manifested in one day at home-help service."

Eng: The first woman that we visited, she barely greeted us when we came. As soon as we got inside she started directing us and she was about to use us to the maximum degree. She had no friends and very few relatives. She was aggressive, bitter and negative.

Eng: Later that morning we visited another old woman. She was kind and friendly. But also empty and disappointed. She told that her whole life she had invested in her enterprise. Everything was about work and career. Then when retirement came and the enterprise was sold, there was no more. She was like a living questionmark, asking the question: "What, wasn't it more than this? So, what happens now?"

Eng: In the afternoon that day we went to visit a lady of heart, 104 years old. She had not checked out yet. During her life this charming sweetie for a woman had been active in associations and for overall welfare. Sure, she's completely deaf but she likes to watch documentaries on TV and happily shares what she has learned and what she can distinguish. She's curious about everyone who comes to visit her. And she shares the nectar that she has reaped during the sojourn of this incarnation.

Meeting incredible persons like Paramahamsa Maharaj, the incarnation of devotion who is always absorbed in meditation, hard work service and prayer.

This snake didnt like to be around my neck and tried to strangle me. This one was tame, but we have seen two poisonous cobras by now already, one in the river Yamuna and the other on the street. The villagers are very afraid of the cobras so i guess the wild ones really do bite sometimes.

Who are we?

Nimaihuset is a small and cozy Gaudiya-Vaishnava temple in Gothenburg, started by Swami B.A. Paramadvaiti. We, his disciples, help him with his projects (see below).

By the way, we are vegetarians, and we don't want to be too pushy about it but it really is a very good idea... For yourself, for the animals, for the environment, for the world economy, and for the future of this planet on the whole.